Flexibility in e-business strategies: A requirement for success

Global Journal of Flexible Systems Management

Volumn 5, Issue 2-3, 2004, Pages 11-22

  Bhandari, Gokul ^a   Bliemel, Michael ^a   Harold, Allan ^a   Hassanein, Khaled ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

E business; Flexible strategy; Scenario planning; Strategic attributes

Indexed keywords

EID: 43149122877     PISSN: 09722696     EISSN: 09740198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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